“I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“It has never been my nature, I regret to admit to the House, to turn the other cheek.”
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1974/dec/18/the-economy in the House of Commons (18 December 1974) <br class="br">1970s
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